The Real West

Season 1

This documentary series, which was made in 1992, shows stories of how the real West was created and separates fact from fiction. Hosted by Kenny Rogers

21 Episodes

  • George Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn
    E1
    George Custer: Showdown at Little Big HornGeorge Custer: Showdown at Little Big Horn
  • Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior
    E2
    Crazy Horse: The Last Warrior
  • Trailblazers & Scouts
    E3
    Trailblazers & Scouts
  • The Battle of the Alamo
    E4
    The Battle of the AlamoDavy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Bennet Travis were heroes of the frontier, whose colorful careers made them symbols of the American Spirit. The Battle of the Alamo examines the impulsive heroics, the fatal miscalculations, and the vain ambitions of three men out to carve their marks into American Folklore
  • Outlaws: The Ten Most Wanted
    E5
    Outlaws: The Ten Most WantedA study of gunslingers, including Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin and Billy the Kid. Host: Kenny Rogers.
  • The U.S. Civil War Out West
    E6
    The U.S. Civil War Out West
  • The Law From Behind the Tin Star
    E7
    The Law From Behind the Tin Star
  • The Dalton Gang
    E8
    The Dalton Gang“The Dalton Gang,” good guys turned bad who went from being U.S. marshals to robbing banks and trains. Their banditry ended in 1892 in Coffeyville, Kan., where four gang members were killed during an attempt to rob two banks in one day.
  • The Mexican War
    E9
    The Mexican War
  • Stagecoach and the Pony Express
    E10
    Stagecoach and the Pony ExpressThe stagecoach and the pony express, and how they linked the East Coast to the West.
  • Indian Weapons & the Warrior Societies
    E11
    Indian Weapons & the Warrior Societies
  • Buffalo Bill & His Wild West Show
    E12
    Buffalo Bill & His Wild West Show
  • Westward Ho! The Wagon Train
    E13
    Westward Ho! The Wagon Train
  • Geronimo: The Last Renegade
    E14
    Geronimo: The Last RenegadeBiography of Geronimo, the legendary Chiricahua Apache leader who refused to let his people be placed on a reservation and fought the US Army and local Arizona residents for many years in the late 1800s. He even raided into Mexico, terrorizing the population and battling Mexican troops.
  • The Coming of the Iron Horse
    E15
    The Coming of the Iron Horse
  • Wild, Wild Women
    E16
    Wild, Wild WomenThe wild women of the Old West weren't prissy little frontier fillies. They staked their claim to Western legend with a style all their own. Problem is, history leans to the male gunslingers and Indian fighters. In Wild Women, America's folklore heroines get their just rewards.
  • Bloody Dodge City
    E17
    Bloody Dodge City
  • The Guns That Tamed the West
    E18
    The Guns That Tamed the West
  • The Trail of Tears
    E19
    The Trail of Tears
  • The Pinkertons
    E20
    The Pinkertons
  • Easy Women: Prostitution in the Real West
    E21
    Easy Women: Prostitution in the Real West
  • Kenny RogersHimself/Host

 

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